The Ohio Governorship

The following is the letter of acceptauce of K. M. Bisliop, Democratie eanili date tor Governor of Ohio: Cincinnati, August 2, 1877. Hon. J. H. Benson, Johu (J. Thompson, II. E. O'Hágan, Cimuuütee: Gentj.emen- Your official commuiiication of .july 7, infunning mo of my uomination for the oiïice of Governor by the Democratie State Convention, is át hand. I appreciato tho high honor conferred by the Uemoeracy of Ohio, and, white keonly ulive to the great responBibiliuea I assume, I trust, if electeil, to be able. Onder Providènee, to discharge faithfully and imparthiliy the i!i itiew of the potóöofl. It is sufh'cicut for me to sny that the principies adopted by the convt-ntion have my cordial inflorsement. They are wise and patriotic, and. if proporh; (Keoutcd in the administration of the i'tvtrniíH-nt, vcül greatly teiid to ro.-toiv cmjtidencu and yrosperity to the country. We are now passing through a criéis in our commercial if nut national existenee. Capital aud labor are Boeking to adjust their respective rights. This adjustment will require the most tboughtful oonsiai nttáÓD :uil delibérate action. In so far as it nniy depend in any dc'ree upon the action of uur State Government, I woukl certainly du ïuy utmost to effect it on terms benelicial alike to the laboier and ciipitali--t. The times cali for the most discreet management and economtcal administration of public affairs ; thü mere assortíou of principies will not meet the emergency ; they must be vitalized. energized, so as torestore confidence to onr linancial, commercial and industrial pursuits. If c.illed by the people. to the head of the administration l the affairs of the M;iU I shall ondeavor by aconscientious discharge of dmv and carcful uarding of the interests of the public to tnerit the respect and oonnneiidftüon of the people, irreapective of party. liespectfu'ly yours, R. M. Bishop. Au lutercstingr Historical Fact. After the argument npon t.lio Florijn case bofore the latO Electoral Coinmission in Washington. Judge Briiillc wrote out liis opinión and nis decisión in full. He completed it at about (i o'olodk in the evening on tlie day before the judgtaeiit of the eommission was to bc announced, and read it to Judge Clifford and Judge Field, wlio were likewise members of the eommission. It contained, first, an argument, aud, secOndly, i conclusión. Tho nrgnmont was preoisely tlie same as tliat which appears m tho publilu!ii document; but Judge Bradley's conclusión was that the votes of tlie Tilden electors in Florida were the only votes which ought to be oounted as coming from that State. TIiík was the charactcr of the paper when Judfje Bradley fiuished it, and when he communicated it to his colleaRues. During the whole of that í -íudge Bradley's house in Washington was surrounded by the carriages of visitors who liad come to see him apparenÜy about the decisión of the 131ectoral Gommission, which, as we have siiid, was to be ajuiouuced t)ie next di'.v. Tho visitors included leiuliug Itepublicaus as well as persons deeply interested in the Texas Pacific railroad Bcheme. When the commission assembled the next morning, and when the judgment wis declared, Judge Bradley gave his voioe in favor of coujitiug the tos of tlic Hay es, electors in Florida! The argument lic did not deliver at the time,; but tuien ii óame to be printed subsequently it was found to be precisely the sume lis the argument he had origiually drown nn, aud ón whioh he had based bis test conclusión in favor of the Tilden elector. ■ X' ir )'((■,■ iitn. On account of the prevailing low rauge ot pïices, some of the New England cotton milis are reducÍDg their rate of production, wliile others have closed up altogether. The fact that prices lave fallen below the remunerative joint proves that the production of cotón fabrica has been in excess of the demanii, and there is, of course, no efïectial remedybnt to close the faetones or run on redueed time until the plethora s abated.